How to kill perv priest? Lure him into murder trap With fit wife and cake. Today's subject for Crossdresser Week is Felix Yusupov, because damnit, it's been way too long since we've had a Russian on here. His main claim to fame has nothing to do with dressing up as a (reportedly very pretty) woman, … Continue reading Felix Yusupov Haiku
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Anton Chekhov Haiku
Discovery of TB in Act One must lead To death in Act Three. Today on Playwright Week, we've got Anton Chekhov, who ALSO went to prison. If you're wondering if I'm purposefully seeking that out in this week's subjects now, the answer is 'yes.' Anton Chekhov was born in 1860 in Taganrog to a lovely … Continue reading Anton Chekhov Haiku
Vera Karalli Haiku
Like perv Rasputin Is going to stay to get shanked If there's no hot dames. Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina, silent film actress, dance instructor, and probable co-conspirator in Rasputin's assassination, was born 129 years ago today. In those dramatic years before the Russian Revolution, she starred in a whopping sixteen silent films, including the very … Continue reading Vera Karalli Haiku
Abram Petrovich Gannibal Haiku
To Siberia Exiled; how does one not freeze? Let's build a fortress. Abram Petrovich Gannibal (1696-1781) was the great grandfather of famed Russian poet Alexander Pushkin and had a pretty damned storied life himself. The boy who would be Abram was probably born in Eritrea, although there's debate about this. His father, a wealthy man, … Continue reading Abram Petrovich Gannibal Haiku
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna Haiku
Rules for happy life - Do not wed a Romanov, Don't stand near mine shafts. Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna was killed a hundred years ago today, a day after her little sister, Empress Alexandra, was shot up in an Ekaterinaburg cellar with husband, children, servants, and dog. Somehow, Elizabeth's end managed to be even worse. … Continue reading Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna Haiku
Catherine the Great Haiku
Play with toy soldiers, Dear husband. With the flesh ones, I'll depose your ass. Peter III of Russia died under extremely shifty circumstances 256 years ago today, after being overthrown by his fed up German wife. (You might know her better as Catherine the Great.) They'd been married for 16 years by that point and … Continue reading Catherine the Great Haiku
Maria Bochkareva Haiku
Ditch brutal husband Form Battalion of Death Bayonet the Hun The Night Witches of World War II, while awesome, were not without precedent. Russians had been primed to consider female soldiers in the prior global showdown - that is, female soldiers serving openly, without strapping down their chests and hoping nobody notices. Enter Maria Bochkareva. … Continue reading Maria Bochkareva Haiku
Operation Barbarossa Haiku
Europe is all ours! Let's poke giant, insane bear To seal success. The Nazi Invasion of the Soviet Union, codenamed Operation Barbarossa, was launched this day 77 years ago. Anyone who thinks Adolf Hitler was some sort of military genius should have this thrown in their face repeatedly. Why? Oh, let's see. Most of western … Continue reading Operation Barbarossa Haiku
Anastasia Haiku
Hell of a hat trick! Entered cellar, family shot, stabbed, Became a legion. Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna was born 117 years ago today and yes, she was murdered in that cellar in Yekaterinburg by the Bolshevik secret police in 1918. Even before the DNA evidence was discovered, well... The rest of her family, along with … Continue reading Anastasia Haiku
Night Witches Haiku
In my day, we flew Biplanes, sans 'chutes, all night long, Just to bomb Nazis. The Nights Witches (so nicknames by the Germans, because of their tactic of idling the engines and gliding towards their target, leaving only a sound of wind likened to witches' broomsticks) were a regiment of female Russian aviators during World … Continue reading Night Witches Haiku
Kelsey Ehler, AKA The Great Kelsini 